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(j ´p t r) (KEY) , in astronomy, fifth planet from the sun and largest planet of the solar system.
Astronomical and Physical Characteristics
Jupite...
(hwän f rnän´d s) (KEY) , group of small islands, S Pacific, c.400 mi (640 km) W of Valparaiso, Chile. They belong to Chile and are administered as...
common name for small, terrestrial wild fowl comprising four species in the genus Gallus. Most important of these is the red jungle fowl, which Charle...
(j ´b l ) (KEY) , in the Bible, a year when alienated property and land were restored, slaves were manumitted, debts were forgiven, and a general sab...
(j ´bä) (KEY) , Ital. Giuba, river, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) long, formed at the Ethiopia–Somalia border, E Africa, by the confluence of the Dawa and...
town (1994 pop. 31,780), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany. It has some light industry and is the seat of a nuclear research center. Originally a Ro...